The Enterprise Approach to Data – Better than a Sleeping Pill
Do you know where your financial data was last night? Sure, you know the operational and financial systems that it…
Are You Wasting IT Services Dollars In Cloud Computing?
The premise for my latest Information Week article, How To Reduce IT Service Costs In The Cloud, is that companies are…
Data Mining Improved Company’s Revenue By 187%
Assurant Solutions sells insurance policies on credit card payments, for example if you lose your job or become disabled. Their…
Impersonating our new computer overlords
There's been a lot of news recently (here in the US at least) of the triumph of the supercomputer "Watson"…
Korean Business Intelligence
Next Generation Data Warehousing Conference IDG, Seoul, South Korea, February 16th 2011 I'm in Korea having just given the keynote address…
Final Jeopardy- Stephen Baker’s quest to know everything
Watson IBM’s Jeopardy playing computer is set to square off with reigning game champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. If…
Flat Networks for Business Advantage
I was reading an article a few days ago and a term was used that intrigued me, flat networks. Now…
The Birthplace of Watson
I took this pic of the Thomas J. Watson Research Center as I drove away following the match there between…
A Poorly Managed Company’s Tour Guide
Publicly traded companies issue annual reports that increasingly look like magazines. Almost all organizations publish a brochure with glossy pictures…
